By Vanni Gibertini
Trip Report: Flair Airlines Challenges the “Big Boys” in Canada
Despite being the second largest country in the world with a very sparse population and vast distances among its main cities, air transport in Canada has not evolved as it has in most of the other G8 countries. The market is mainly controlled by two large carriers, Air Canada and WestJet, and fares are quite high if compared to those available to travelers in Europe and the U.S.
During the past few years, a small number of start-up carriers adopting the typical business models of ultra-low-cost carriers have commenced operations to try and break the oligopoly in Canada and bring its 38 million inhabitants the lower fare enjoyed by their counterparts South of the Border or across the Atlantic.
One of these carriers is Flair Airlines, a carrier officially launched in 2005 as a cargo airline but rebranded in 2019 to adhere to the low-cost airline model and…
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